Birth 07MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 01MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Flagstaff AZ Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 14th Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56908912 Panel 19EAST - 08 married Married Local Dayton Medals   Tour Date 27MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

    Robert Patrick PITTS

Birth 03JAN45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 02MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 3 Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56421980 Panel 19EAST - 17 married Single Link Medic or 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 10Jan67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

    Tommie Richard LUNN

Birth 15JAN47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 03MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Ft. Lewis Unit 1st Avn Bde, 334th Aviation Co, 145th Avn Bn, 12th Avn Grp Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown Seattle service # 19871948 Panel 19EAST - 28 married Single Link Helicopter Medals Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross Comment   Tour Date 5 Oct 66 Cemetery Mountain View Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA, 1965

Spec. 4 Tommie Lunn. Services are being planned by Mountain View Funeral Home for Spec. 4 Tommie R. Lunn, of 5662 7th St. N., Fort Lewis, who was killed in action Wednesday in Vietnam. The Tacoman was aboard a helicopter brought down by enemy fire. Spec. 4 Lunn was born in Seattle and was graduated from Queen Anne High School there. He had spent all his life in the Northwest before going into the Air Force (sic) in January 1966. He went to Vietnam in October. Surviving are his parents, Sgt. 1. C. and Mrs. Ralph A. Lunn, of the home; two brothers, Spec. 6 Larry A., of Fort Myers VA, and Allen D. of the home; a sister, Julie, of the home; and a grandmother, Mrs. Sadie Lunn, of Seattle. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 10 May 1967)

Military funeral services for Army Specialist 4th class Tommie R. Lunn, 20, of Tacoma, will be at 1 pm tomorrow in the Mountain View chapel, Tacoma. Burial with military honors will be in Mountain View. He was killed in action 3 May (1967) in Vietnam. A native of Seattle, Specialist Lunn was graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1965. He joined the Army in January, 1966, and had been in Vietnam since October. Surviving are his parents, Sgt. 1st Class and Mrs. Ralph A. Lunn, Tacoma; two brothers, Allen D., at home, and Spec. 6th class Larry A. Lunn, stationed at the Pentagon; a sister, Julie Lunn, at home, and his grandmother, Mrs. Sadie Lunn, Seattle.

    John Climath RICE

Birth 02JAN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 03MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co E, 2nd Bn, 3d Mar, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2277415 Panel 19EAST - 31 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery   Evergreen High school, Seattle WA, Senior - Class 1965, General Activities

    Lawrence Paul BERECH

Birth 01AUG47 Rank PFC Date of Death 05MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Inf Div, Co A, 2nd BN, 16th Regiment Death Code Non-Hostile, Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56956915 Panel 19EAST - 42 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 10Mar67 Cemetery Washington Memorial Park

Researcher note Larry Berech attended Glacier High School with his classmate Bob Ollom (d 21Apr 1968). Ollom was buried next to Larry at Washington Memorial Park Ollom's obituary

    Thomas Garret FANNING

Birth 21FEB43 Rank SGT Date of Death 06MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Army Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 14th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Enlisted 03MAR64 service # 19788979 Panel 19EAST - 49 married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 04JAN66 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA

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    Robert Arnold 'Bob' METTERT

Birth 14DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 07MAY67 P. of birth New Castle IN Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 9th Mar, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 2138999 Panel 19EAST - 53 married Single Tours 2nd Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Shell Fatal To Marine in Vietnam The war in Vietnam has again been brought close to home, as the death of Marine Cpl. Robert Arnold Mettert of Vancouver was confirmed Wednesday night by the Defense Department. The corporal, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mettert, 1208 Brandt Rd., was killed last Sunday in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, to become the 11th member of the armed forces with Clark County ties to die in Vietnam. Mrs. Mettert said she was first notified of her son's death Tuesday, but official confirmation did not come until the following evening. He was said to have died of chest wounds suffered from an exploding 81mm mortar shell. The 20-year-old Leatherneck had just arrived back in Vietnam for his second tour of duty. Mrs. Mettert said he had served 13 months there, before coming home on leave last March. He volunteered to go back and left here 21 Apr (1967) arriving in Vietnam just seven days before he met death. Mettert was born 14 Dec 1946 at New Castle IN. He was a 1965 graduate of Hudson's Bay High School and a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He had been a Columbian paper boy for about five years from 1959 to 1963. In addition to his parents and his brother at home, the corporal is survived by another brother, Thomas, and sisters, Mary Ann and Joan, all at home. Mrs. Mettert said the funeral arrangements will be made by the Vancouver Funeral Chapel when the body arrives from overseas with the services to be held at St. Joseph's Church. She also noted that thought she appreciates the sentiment, she would prefer not to receive flowers at her home. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 11 May 1967)

Funeral Due For Marine Killed In 2nd Viet Tour.
    Cpl. Robert Mettert of the U.S. Marines will be buried in Willamette National Cemetery with full honors Monday morning.
    He could be taking it easy in a soft assignment Stateside, but he died instead, in battle near Khe Sanh, just below the DMZ in South Vietnam.
    He was struck by an 81-mm mortar fragmant in the chest. "We did everything we could to save him." one of his buddies wrote," but it was no use."
    That was Sunday, 7 May (1967). Ten days later Mettert's body came home in a sealed coffin, marked "body unviewable."
    The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.,Sunday at the Vancouver WA Funeral Chapel.
Corporal aged 20.
    Cpl. Mettert, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mettert, 1208 Brandt Rd., Vancouver WA was 20. He had already served his 13 month tour in Vietnam. He would have automatically returned to a quiet stateside assignment for six months. But he volunteered to return to the thick of the fight near Khe Sanh. Why? To save some money he told his mother.
    "He was determined to pay his own way through college," she recalls. But the truth came out when he talked to a class of seniors at Hudson's Bay High School, where he was a graduate with honors in June, 1965. "It may sound corny," he told his schoolmates last month, during his last home leave," But I happen to love my country. We had to fight for our freedom, when we were getting started. Now we are a rich and powerful nation and I feel we have an obligation to help others fight for their freedom."
Fear Admitted
    "Aren't you Afraid?, the students asked.
    "Sure Im afraid whenever I go into action," he said. "Everyone is but you get so busy you don't think about yourself. "You know you can get it any day," he told his teachers " I've said goodbye to everyone."
    That was his last day at home, 21 Apr (1967). He was back in Vietnam by April 30. His mother got a letter dated 3 May (1967) telling about some hot fighting for Hill 831 near Khe Sanh, but assured his mother he was back in the safety and comparative comfort of Camp Carroll, the main Marine artillery plateau.
    He was in command of a squad and had been recommended for promotion to sergeant. Four days later he was dead, just seven days after starting his second tour of duty in Vietnam.
    His brother, John, now at home, also volunteered to serve two sucessive tours of duty 19 months as a Marine Corporal in Vietnam. John was released from active duty 4 April, 1967.
    Mr. and Mrs. Mettert have a son, Thomas A., and two daughters, Mary Ann and Joan Renee at home. Cpl. Metterts survivors also include an aunt, Sister Antonetta, a nun at Dayton OH, and the grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Mettert of Newcastle IN.
    Cpl. Mettert was a junior dealer for the Oregonian for five years before enlisting. (Oregonian, Portland OR, 20 May 1967)

    Kenneth Varsall AVERY

Birth 12JUL47 Rank PFC Date of Death 08MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit D Co 1 Bn 4 Mar Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2251398 Panel 19EAST - 55 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Birth 15JUL47 Rank PFC Date of Death 10MAY67 P. of birth Vallejo CA Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Olalla Unit 1st Cav Div, D Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing Ground Casualty Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56957428 service # 19EAST - 78 married Single Link ranger25.com Medals   Tour Date 12APR67 Comment   Cemetery Sunset Lane Cem.

    CANNON, Steven L. Army Pfc. - 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Cannon, killed in action in Vietnam. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon live in the South Kitsap area on Orchard Avenue (Olalla, Route 1, Box 198). The young man had been missing in action since May 10. Information received by his parents from the Army says he was killed in a fire fight with the enemy. He was born 15 Jul 1947 at Vallejo, California and moved to Bremerton with his family in 1952. He attended Olalla Elementary school, Marcus Whitman Junior High School and was graduated from South Kitsap High School with the class of 1965. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are two sisters Susan, 18, and Violet, 12, a brother David, 11, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Velma Price, all at home at Olalla, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Innes of Manhattan KS. Funeral services will be Wednesday, 31 May 1967 at 2 p.m. at the PENDELTON-GILCHRIST FUNERAL HOME with Army Chaplain officiating. Military services will follow at Sunset Lane Cemetery. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA - 29 May 1967)

    William Donald 'Bill' JINKS

Birth 16JUL45 Rank CPL Date of Death 10MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bay City TX Unit HQ Bn, 12 Mar, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty, Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 2185619 Local Chelan married Single Panel 20EAST - 45 Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    John Cullen TATE

Birth 25AUG47 Rank HM3 (Corpsman) Date of Death 10MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Navy Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 11TH Eng Bn, 5th Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Seattle service # 3908871 Panel 19EAST - 87 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Enlisted 16 Apr 65 Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA

(Remembrance for John Cullen Tate) John C. Tate was a Navy corpsman serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Hill 110 in the Que Son Valley 25 miles southwest of Danang on 10May67.

John C. Tate War Victim Funeral arrangements for John C. Tate, 19, Navy hospital corpsman, 3rd class, are being made at the Bonney- Watson Northgate Chapel. Tate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cullen D. Tate, 108 N.E. 55th Street, died Wednesday in a hospital at Da Nang from wounds suffered Monday from enemy mortar fire on Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Tate had been in Vietnam since December. He was stationed at the Marine Command Post, Dong Ha. Born in Seattle, Tate graduated from Lincoln High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. He joined the Navy in August, 1965, and attended corpsman school at San Diego Naval Hospital. He was on the staff of the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton CA when he volunteered for the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. Surviving besides his parents are a brother, Marine Cpl. Thomas Tate, Bremerton; his maternal grandparents, Mrs. Verda Goodman, Seattle, and M.H. Marlin, Enumclaw; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Inga Tate; and his maternal great- grandmother, Mrs. Verda Guest, both of Seattle. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 13 May 1967)

John C. Tate, War Victim. Funeral arrangements for John C.Tate, 19, Navy hospital Corpsman, 3rd class, are being made at the Bonney-Watson Northgate Chapel. Tate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cullen D.Tate, 108 NE 55th St., died Wednesday in a hospital at Da Nang from wounds suffered Monday from enemy mortar fire in Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam. Tate had been in Vietnam since December. He was stationed at the Marine Command Post, Dong Ha. Born in Seattle, Tate graduated in 1965 from Lincoln High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. He joined the Navy in August, 1965,and attended corpsman school, at San Diego Naval Hospital. He was on the staff of the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton CA, when he volunteered for the Fleet Marine Force Pacific. Surviving besides his parents are a brother, Marine Cpl. Thomas Tate, Bremerton: his maternal grandparents, Mrs. Verda Goodman, Seattle, and M.H. Marlin, Enumclaw; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Inga Tate, and his maternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Verda Guest, both of Seattle. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

Funeral services for Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd class John C.Tate, 19, of 108 NE 55 St. who died 18 May (1967) of wounds suffered in a mortar attack in Vietnam, were held today at the Bonney-Watson Northgate Chapel. Burial was at Washelli. Mr. Tate a Seattle native was graduated from Lincoln High School in 1965, where he played varsity basketball. He joined the Navy in August, 1965, and had been in Vietnam since December. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cullen D. Tate, Seattle; a brother Marine Cpl. Thomas S Tate, Bremerton, a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Verda J Goodman, Seattle; his paternal grandparents, Mrs. Inga M. Tate, Seattle, and M.H. Marlin, Enumclaw, and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Verga J. Guest, Seattle. The family suggests remembrances to the Navy Relief Society,13th Naval District Headquarters, Building 9, Seattle. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

    Harvey Richard 'Dick' SANDERS

Birth 24JUL1945 Rank CPL Date of Death 12MAY1967 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Garden Grove CA Unit BAS, 1/5th, MAR 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown Carrolls service # 2157417 Panel 19EAST - 101 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 29MAY46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19861620 Panel 19EAST - 102 married Single Link ranger25.com Medals   Tour Date 2 Sep 66 Comment   Cemetery

    Byron Alick KIELLEY

Birth 26SEP46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 13MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit HQ, 3rd Bn, 5th Mar Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2197519 Panel 19EAST - 109 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery     Lincoln High School, Seattle WA, 1964

    Delmar Fredrick COOK

Birth 08MAY41 Rank CPL Date of Death 16MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 3rd Mar Div F Co 2nd Bn 26th Marines Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2221707 Panel 20EAST - 07 married Married Panel 20EAST - 14 Medals   Comment   MIA Yes Cemetery

Birth 17JUN36 Rank CDR Date of Death 17MAY67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Nghe An, N. Vietnam Town of Record San Diego CA Unit FILTRON 51;US HANCOCK (CVA-19) Death Code Hostile, Died captured; Fixed Wing -Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown Olympia service #   Local Olympia Memorial married Married MIA Yes Medals   Tour Date ... Comment Remains returned 1981 Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery VA

(MIA Report extracted from PowNetWork.org) Ronald Wayne Dodge was born 17 Jun 1936. His town of Record is San Diego CA. He is honored on the Washington State Vietnam Memorial In Olympia. He graduated from Olympia High School, Olympia WA. On 17 May 1967, Lt. Dodge (he was promoted to CDR during captivity) was the pilot of an F8E assigned to a combat mission over North Vietnam. His aircraft was shot down approximately 20 miles NW of Vinh in Nghe An Prov. He parachuted safely to the ground and established radio contact with his wingman. During one transmission he said he was heading for the hills and during another he said he was surrounded by North Vietnames forces and was going to "break up" his radio. One fellow pilot saw Dodge being captured. The 18 May 1967 editon of the Nhan Dan newspaper described Lt. Dodge's aircraft being shot down and his capture. Radio Hanoi announced the downing of Lt. Dodge's aircraft and his capture. A photo in the Paris newspaper Match in Sep 1967 showed a captured US pilot positively identified as Lt. Dodge. But when the American POWs were released in 1973, Lt. Ron Dodge was not among them and the Vietnamese denied any knowledge of him. In 1981, his remains were "discovered" by the Vietnamese Gov. and returned to the U. S.
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    Charles Leon ANDERSON

Birth 19JAN48 Rank PFC Date of Death 18MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co A, BLT 1/3 RLT-26 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2219791 Panel 20EAST - 24 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Birth 02JUN34 Rank PSGT Date of Death 18MAY67 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Platoon leader, Weapons Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Inf., 4th Inf. Div. Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty - Mutiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56240242 Panel 20EAST - 28 married Married MIA -   Medals silver star for action taken 2 months earlier at Polei Duc; posthumous - Congressional Medal of Honor Comment   Tour Date 15 Sep 66 Cemetery Greenwood Riverside Memorial Cem, Spokane WA

22 in Lewis Unit Found Dead Saigon (AP)
    Searchers for a platoon of American infantrymen who called in United States artillery fire on their own position in close-quarter fighting found 22 of the men dead and eight wounded today.
    The rescued men said they survived by fooling the Communist troops by playing dead.
    The platoon, from the Fort Lewis trained 4th Infantry Division, was cut off from other units yesterday in heavy fighting in the Central Highlands near the Cambodian border.
    Other units were unable to fight through to the 30man platoon until early today.
    A heavy tool was wrought on the enemy by jet planes, artillery and helicopters. Of the estimated 500 men in the force that attacked the platoon, 97 were found dead. The spokesman said the count would rise.
    Planes and artillery pounded what was thought to be the escape route of the Communist force.
    The platoon was cut off when it attempted to capture a Communist soldier about 36 miles southwest of Pleiku. As the Americans chased the soldier, North Vietnamese regulars struck.
    The last radioed words from the platoon, from a sergeant later killed (Sgt. Grandstaff) , were "I've got only four people left. Bring the artillery in on top of me."
    Watching the North Vietnamese approach, one survivor, Pfc. Clifford A. Roundtree, 20, Anderson CA, whispered to another, Melvin W. Schultz, 22, Culver City CA; "Pray, Pray. Only a miracle can save us now."
    "Then I went limp all over," Roundtree said. "They thought I was dead. Someone sat on my shoulders and went through my pockets. I could see his boots out of the corner of my eye as I lay with my face in the mud."
    Also playing dead, Schultz, a medic, was rolled over on his back, then kicked in the stomach. He said someone jumped on him and sat on his head and that his pockets were emptied.
    Specialist 4th Class Kenneth N. Barker, 20, Brownstown IL, faked death by lying face down with his arms stretched in front of him. He said the North Vietnamese foulded his arms across his back, tied his writs, then kicked and rolled him across the ground. His watch was taken and his pockets picked.
    The five others rescued were seriously wounded. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 19 May 1967)

    Clifford Alvin JOHNSON

Birth 08SEP34 Rank PSGT Date of Death 18MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Pleiku S. Vietnam Town of Record Pittsburgh PA Unit 4th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 13495205 Local Tillicum married married Panel 20EAST - 30 Medals   Tour Date 15SEP66 Comment See Bruce Grandstaff's Citation Cemetery

Birth 10OCT46 Rank PFC Date of Death 18MAY67 P. of birth Everett Service Army (Draft) Place Pieiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 4th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56956912 Panel 20EAST - 31 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02APR67 Comment See Bruce Grandstaff's Citation Cemetery     Snohomish High School, Snohomish WA, 1964

Everett Pfc. Dies in Vietnam Push Everett Pfc. Joe Paul Larsen 20, was killed Thursday in the big infantry push on the Central Highlands of Vietnam. "He really thought he was doing the right thing being there," his mother, Mrs. Paul Larsen, said this morning. The Larsens, who live at Rt. 2, Everett, were informed of their son's death Sunday morning. "He wrote us," his mother recalls, "that he didn't think there was an infantryman over there who would vote to pull out." He went into the Army Easter Sunday of last year. He had been in Vietnam less than one month, after training at Fort Lewis and Fort Polk, LA. The telegram which announced his death said simply that he was killed "when his unit engaged a hostile force in ...fight.' However, the Larsens received a vist from Army personal after the telegram arrived his division, the Fourth Infantry was 14 miles from Pleiku... the Cambodian border. A native of Everett, Larsen attended Fobes Elementary School for six years, Snohomish Junior and Senior High School and Everett Junior College. He had planned to enter Western Washington State after he got out of the service to ..forestry. During the past two summers he worked for the Forest Service at Skykomish. In addition to his parents Larsen leaves a brother, Jim 18, and two sisters, Norma and Mrs. Wanda Fitzgerald Paine Field. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church Everett. Funeral arrangements will be announced. (Everett Herald, 18 May 1967)

    Anton Thomas 'Andy' BORNSTEIN

Birth 26MAY45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 19MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Naai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56421445 Panel 20EAST - 40 married Single MIA -   Medals Silver Star Comment   Tour Date 28APR67 Cemetery     Bellingham High School, Bellingham WA, 1965

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A Remembrance left for Andy

Heroism Noted in Posthumous Awards to Local Men
   The families of two Whatcom County men who died in Vietnam accepted posthumous awards from the Army in a ceremony Friday at city hall. Mr. and Mrs. Myer A. Bornstein, 700 Forest St., received the Silver Star and Purple Hear awards for their son, Spec 4. Anton Thomas (Andy) Bornstein who died last 19 May (1967) in Vietnam.
    Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Donnellan of Ferndale were given the Bronze Star for their son, PFC Daniel P. Donnellan, who was killed last 18 Feb (1967) in Vietnam. The Donnellans previously had been awarded the purple Heart posthumously for their son.
    Capt. Richard H. Beal of Everett read the citations and presented the awards to the families after Mayor John Westford opened the ceremony in his office.
    Specialist Bornstein received the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award, for gallantry in action while serving in Company A of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry.
    The citation said that:
"Specialist Four Bornstein distinguished himself by exception valorous action on 19 May 1967... during a search and destroy mission in Quang Nhai Province.... Specialist Bornstein's company was in pursuit of a Viet Cong sniper when two platoons became pinned down by heavy automatic weapons fire. The top remaining platoons were also taken under heavy enemy fire while attempting to secure a hilltop landing zone.
    "Seeing a fellow soldier fall to the ground with wounds in both legs. Specialist Bornstein voluntarily left his position of cover and exposed himself to the enemy in order to pull the man to safety.
    "After removing his comrade to a reasonably secure position, he called for medical aid, placing a suppressive fire on the enemy positions to enable the aid man to reach his location. After killing two of the Viet Cong, Specialist Bornstein began seeking a better position, but he was mortally wounded before he could reach his objective."
    PFC Donnellan was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for "meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force" from 22 Sep 1966 to 18 Feb 1967.
    He served with Company C of the 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Friday, 25 Aug 1967)

    Gregory Phillip MOSER

Birth 01SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 19MAY67 P. of birth Superior WI Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Edmonds Unit COH 2d Bn, 9th Mar, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown Edmonds service # 2314912 Panel 20 EAST - 46 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery   Edmonds High School, Edmonds WA, Senior - Class 1966

    Edward John WAGNER JR

Birth 02JUN39 Rank SGT Date of Death 19MAY67 P. of birth Colfax Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 35th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Everett service # 19721148 Panel 20EAST - 51 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 05FEB67 Cemetery Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Everett WA   Everett High School, Everett WA, 1960

    Vernon Eugene DEPEW

Birth 16JUL45 Rank LCPL Date of Death 20MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Forks Unit 3rd Bn, 9th Mar, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2221688 Panel 20EAST - 57 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Birth 01JUN48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20MAY67 P. of birth Seattle Service Army Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit 9th Inf Div, 3rd Sqd, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19844556 Panel 20EAST - 69 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 26NOV66 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery Hillcrest Cemetery, Kent WA

G. M. Taylor Vietnam Casualty. Funeral arrangements for Army Specialist 4th class George M. Taylor, 27092 40th Ave.S.Kent, who was killed 20 May (1967), in Vietnam by mortar shell fragments, are being arranged by the Edline Funeral Home. " Taylor, who would have been 19, 1st June (1967), was born in Seattle. He attended Federal Way High School and joined the Army in August, 1965. He was trained at Fort Ord CA, Fort Lee VA and Fort Riley KS. Taylor was sent to Vietnam in November, 1966. He served in supply and as a chaplain's assistant. Surviving are his wife Beverly; a son Michael Taylor, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor, a brother, Patrick Taylor; two sisters, Lori and Tammi Taylor, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Irene Murillo, all of Kent. (Seattle Times, Seattle, Wedensday, 24 May 1967)

    Galen Eugene WARREN

Birth 18APR46 Rank HN (corpsman) Date of Death 20MAY67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit L Co, 2d Platoon, H&S Co, 3 Bn, 9 Mar, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 3909539 Panel 20EAST - 70 married Single MIA -   Medals Silver Star (awarded Oct 2003) Purple Heart Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Floral Hills Cemetery

CITATION: SILVER STAR
Galen E. Warren, Hospital Corpsman Third Class, United States Navy
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidy in action while serving as a Hospital Corpsman with 2nd Platoon, Company L, Third Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam on the evening of 20 May 1967. During operation Hickory, 2nd Platoon was point Platoon of Company L moving to bring a relief force to an embattled sister company when it engaged a strong enemy blocking force. The enemy opened up on the relief force with heavy automatic fire and grenades wounding several of the Marines on point. Without hesitation, responding to cries for help from the wounded Marines, and calmly accepting the consequences of his actions, Petty Officer Warren ran into the heavy enemy fire to aid the wounded Marines. With complete disregard for his own safety, Petty Officer Warren administered critical medical aid to the wounded Marines while under heavy enemy automatic weapons fire and a barrage of grenades. Petty Officer Warren shielded several of the wounded Marines from a grenade blast and continued to render medical aid until he was mortally wounded. Petty Officer Warren's outstanding courage, valiant fighting spirit, and selfless devotion to duty reflect great credit upon him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. For the President

Services Held for Viet Nam War Casualty Funeral services were held Saturday at Floral Hils for Navy Corpsman Galen Warren, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren, 15802 8th Ave. NE. Burial was also at Floral Hills where a Marine Corps firing and firing squad and escort provided full military honors. Corpsman Warren was killed last week during heavy fighting near Dong Ha in Viet Nam. He was attached to the Third Battalion of Ninth Marines engaged in Operation Hickory. Corpsman Warren was a member of Shorecrest High Schools' first graduating class in 1964 and had resided in the Seattle area all his life. (Northshore Citizen, Bothell WA, 7 Jun 1967)

Ronald Morris HAYES

Birth 16OCT47 Rank PFC Date of Death 21MAY67 P. of birth Everett Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Marysville Unit Co C, 3 Shore Party, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown Marysville service # 2314967 Panel 20EAST - 74 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment placed 3rd State Wrestling Cemetery Marysville Cemetery, Marysville WA Marysville High School, Marysville WA, 1966

Ron Hayes made outstanding mark as Marine, school athlete PFC Ronald M. Hayes, recently commended by General Wallace Green, Jr. for having received a score of 475 out of a possible 500 points for physical fitness at the Marine Base in San Diego, gave his life fighting for his country in Viet Nam on 21 May 21 1967. He was participating in operations against hostile forces in the vicinity of Quang Tri. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Junior B. Hayes, were notified of his death by Lt. Hodgins, Jr. from the Marine Air Reserve Training Command, Seattle. Ron enlisted in the Marines last September, and graduated from basic in November, at which time he was promoted to PFC. He came home for Christmas, then returned to Camp Pendleton in January for special training as radioman. He was a 1966 graduate of Marysville High School. In his senior year he was co-captain of the football team, received the inspirational award in football, and shared the inspirational award in wrestling. In his weight class he placed first in District and went on to place third in State. The high school student body is purchasing a plaque in honor of those graduates who are paying the highest price for their country. Ron's name will appear second on this plaque, along with Navy man Gary Paddock. In addition to his parents, PFC Hayes leaves two brothers, Michael, a senior at Marysville High School, Dean, ninth grade at Marysville Jr. High, and his fiancee, Sharon Piorkowski, of Spring Valley CA. He will accompained from San Franciso by Seaman 1st Class Larry E. Dean, long time friend of Ron's, now serving in the Navy at San Diego. Military services will be announced from Schaefer's Funeral Home of Marysville. (Marysville Globe, 1 Jun 1967 )

Obituary PFC Ronald M. Hayes, 19 U.S. Marine Corps., the second Marysville casualty in Viet Nam was killed in action 21 May 1967 at Con Thien, Viet Nam. He enlisted in September 1966. Born 16 Oct 1947 in Everett, he had lived most of his life in this area. He was a 1966 graduate of Marysville High School. Relatives include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Junior B. Hayes, 5804 80th St. NE, Marysville; two borthers, Michael and Dean, both at home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pendergrass and Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Hayes, all of Bakersfield MO. He also leaves his fiancee, Miss Sharon Piorkowski of California. Services were Monday at Marysville Methodist Church with Rev. Lloyd Doty, officiating. Burial was in Marysville Cemetery under direction of Schaefer Funeral Home. Honorary casketbearers were Darryl DeGross, A-3c Ken Knight, A-3c Vern Kroeze, Nathan Kelley, Seaman 1-c Larry E. Dean, escort; Nathan Roundy and John Mitchell. Military honors were accorded by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Vietnam veteran's grave molested.
    Editor the Globe:
    I'm writing this letter to you, in the hopes that the people it is meant for will read it.
    In May of this year, we lost our oldest son in Viet Nam, He was a Marine and we were told we could have him laid to rest in a National Cemetery if we wanted. He was given a full military funeral, but we wanted him here in Marysville so his friends could take flowers when they wanted, and we've tried to keep a small American flag on his grave.
    His funeral was June 5th (1967), and since that date, 3 of his flags have been stolen, and in August a plant was taken. For his birthday last week, we took a beautiful bouquet of red roses. They were plastic, but one had to look closely to tell they weren't real. They were there about a week before they disappeared too. We've found that only flowers "they" leave are the ones that are wilted, and the only flags that are left are the ones that are faded out from the sun and rain before they are found.
    What kind of people is it that will steal from the dead? I've heard from other parents of boys who have died in Viet Nam and they have had the same problem. Especially the flags being stolen.
    If this is a small-child doing this, then I hope the parents will question where 2 1/2 dozen roses came from. If it is adults or young people, then I want to say this to you: Red Roses mean love, and we took them to the cemetery with all the love we feel for Ron in our hearts. Did you feel the same way when you took them away?
    To you, who have taken the flags, it is a $.39 cent toy. To Ron, the flag meant much,much more. He gave his life for it.
  Sincerely, Mrs. J.B.Hayes. (Marysville Globe, Marysville WA 19 Oct 1967)

    Fred Stewart ROTH

Birth 01AUG47 Rank PFC Date of Death 24MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit BTRY F, 2/12/3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2148370 Panel 20EAST - 97 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

    Marvin Charles HILL

Birth 02AUG45 Rank EON3 Date of Death 25MAY67 P. of birth Bremerton Service Navy (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Poulsbo Unit USN MCB # 11 Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Accident Hometown   service # 5424181 Panel 20EAST - 103 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

HILL, MARVIN C. passed away 25 May 1967 at the age of 21. Mr. Hill was born in Bremerton WA, 2 Aug 1945 and attended schools locally before serving with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He is survived by his wife Joyce L. of Route 2, Box 853, Poulsbo; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Hill of Poulsbo; two brothers, Walter W. Hill Jr. and James A. Hill of Poulsbo; a sister, Mrs. Caroline Quinian of Silverdale. Rev. Donald Payne will officiate at funeral services at the LEWIS FUNERAL CHAPEL on Tuesday, 6 Jun 1967 at 1 p.m. with military services following at the Forest Lawn Cemetery. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 05 Jun 1967)

    William Ray DALRYMPLE

Birth 13MAR47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth Hoquiam Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Hoquiam Unit HQ, 3 Bn, 5 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2221717 Panel 20EAST - 113 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery     Hoquiam High School, Hoquiam WA, 1965

    Sigfrid R. KARLSTROM

Birth 09AUG43 Rank 1LT Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Civic Action Team #9, 41st Civil Affairs Co. Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds Ground Casualty Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 05713031 Panel 20EAST - 118 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 01SEP66 Cemetery   Chief Sealth High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class 1961: Honor Societ (10, 11, 12), Russian Club Pres. (12); Spanish Club, (11, 12); History Club (12); Tennis Team (10, 11, 12); Career: Foreign Service

Meaning of Day New, Sharp for Officer's Parents. By Robert A. Barr
    For Mr. and Mrs. A. Reinhold Karlstrom, 9273 Fauderoy Way S.W., this Memorial Day was one with the saddest of newest of meanings.
    On their dining room table rested a silver trophy, a stack of telegrams and the last letter they received from their eldest son, 1st Lt. Sigfrid R. Karlstrom, 23, a University of Washington graduate who was wounded fatally in Vietnam.
    Saturday an Army chaplain told the Karlstroms of their son's death Friday in the Air Force Hospital at Manila from bullet wounds suffered in an ambush.
    Karlstrom's sister Ingrid, 21, and his two brothers, Bernard,20, and Jan, 17, regarded the trophy and the telegrams as their parents talked.
    The engraving on the trophy read: To Cadet Sigfrid R. Karlstrom From Colonial Dames of the 17th Century
    "Sig earned this for outstanding scholarship and leadership in his four years in the R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officers Training Corps) at the University of Washington," the father said.
    "He was quite a boy, quite a linguist and a dedicated patriot. I dont mean to rattle a sword either. He was concerned with the welfare of the victims of the war and wanted to alleviate the suffering of them."
    "Sig was in civil affairs- relocating persons displaced and at the same time dealing with military personnel on sick call- and was in close liaison work with the Peace Corps. He was with the First Brigade of the 4th Division of the Army over there.
    "The last letter we got," the mother said,"was dated May 11. He said he was wounded April 17. He wrote to us and apologized for his shaking handwriting but he said it was not serious and not to worry.
    "He said he was hit by rifle fire while he was on non-combat duty in a hamlet April 17 near the Cambodian border a place called Pleiku- he was there to help the refugees and displaced persons.
    "He said it was a bullet in his hip, as did the notifications from the military.
    The father said: "He... spoke Spanish, Russian and Chez languages fluently and he was pretty good at German and French too. He started his Russian studies in Sealth High School. He graduated from there in the schools second graduating class. "Sig was a fine boy. He was very active in the West Seattle Y.M.C.A. He was a first member- maybe you could call it a charter member of the Peace Lutheran Church here in West Seattle.
    "That is where we are planning for the services for him when he is returned to us. The Johnson & Sons Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 30 May 1967)

    James Conrad POWERS

Birth 23APR40 Rank CAPT Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Pleiku S. Vietnam Town of Record Dubuque IA Unit 4th Inf Div, C Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Hometown   service # OF101664 Local Mt Vernon married Married Panel 20EAST - 123 Medals   Tour Date 06JUL66 Comment   Cemetery

Mount Vernon War Widow Accepts Husband's Medals
    Mrs. Ann Powers of Mount Vernon, carrying the baby her husband never saw, accepted three posthumous awards in his honor yesterday at Fort Lawton.
    Her husband, Capt. James C. Powers, 28, a 1964 West Point graduate, was killed in Vietnam on 26 May (1967) while commanding Company C, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division.
    Leading his men in a search-and-destroy mission in Pleiku Province, Powers maintained radio communication after making contact with a North Vietnamese battalion, although accurate sniper and mortar fire was falling about him, the citation said.
    Powers deployed his company to a stronger position. Then, apparently realizing he could influence his men better if he were there, he attempted to join them and was mortally wounded.
    For this he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry, the third-highest decoration for valor in combat.
    A month before, he had rushed to the aid of one of his men wounded during an enemy mortar barrage. The captain placed his hand over the wound and tended the man until medics arrived.
    For this he received the Soldier's Medal for heroism. It is the highest award given the by the Army for action not involving conflict, said Col. John W. Barber, Fort Lawton deputy post commander, who presented the medals.
    Mrs. Powers also received her husband's Purple Heart.
    "With these medals go the nation's gratitude and everlasting devotion," Barber said during the presentation, and added:
    "I hope that knowing of your husband's invaluable contribution may be of some comfort to you."
    Powers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Powers, Dubuque IA, who were unable to attend. With Mrs. Powers were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wilson, her brother and sister, Bruce and Shary Wilson, and a friend, Christie Hunnicutt, all of Mount Vernon.
    The baby, 4-months-old Jamie, was born four months after Powers was killed.
    Mrs. Powers met her husband while he was stationed at Fort Lewis. They were married in December, 1965. He went overseas in July, 1966. ( Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 20 Jan 68)

    Arnold Grimm WILKENING III

Birth 18AUG47 Rank CPL Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit L Co, 3rd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2148232 Panel 20EAST - 127 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Birth 15OCT46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth Marlboro MA Service Army (Draft) Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mountlake Terrace Unit 4th Inf Div, C Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Marysville service # 56411122 Panel 20EAST - 125 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 15SEP66 Cemetery Floral Hills   Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace WA, 1965

Terrace G.I. Killed in Action Army Specialist 4th Class Richard E. Wilkins of Mountlake Terrace has been killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department said yesterday. Wilkins was the son of Mrs. John Skutvik of 6704 229th Place SW. He was a 1965 graduate of Mountlake Terrace High School. Wilkins, who trained with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis was the 257th Washington serviceman to die as a result of the Vietnam War, the Associated Press said. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 1 Jun 1967)

Spec.4 Richard E. Wilkins Funeral Miltary funeral services for Specialist 4th Class Richard Edward Wilkins, 20, of 6704 229th Place S.W. Mountlake Terrace, will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the Floral Hills Chapel, Alderwood Manor. Burial with military honors will be in Floral Hills. Specialist Wilkins was killed in action in Vietnam 26 May (1967). A native of Marlboro,Mass., Specialist Wilkins went to Marysville in 1948 and to Mountlake Terrace in 1965 and joined the Army that year. He went to Vietnam after training at Fort Lewis. Surviving are his mother Mrs. John Skutvik, at home; his father, Edward E. Wilkins, Sumner; two brothers, Arthur D., and Stanley A. Wilkins, and a half brother, Roy C. Wilkins, all at home and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Fletcher, Alderwood Manor. The family suggests rememberances to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 5 Jun 1967)

    Gordon Marshal TRIPLETT

Birth 11AUG46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 28MAY67 P. of birth Renton WA Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit BTRY F, 3 Bn, 11 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 2164185 Panel 21EAST - 07 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery Missoula MT